Pediatric Hodgkin's disease in Egypt

✍ Scribed by Dr. Nazli Gad-El-Mawla; B. B. El-Deeb; A. Abu-Gabal; S. Abdel-Hadi; M. R. Hamza; Z. Kh. Zikri; M. Elsrafi; A. El-Khoudary; M. Elsaifi; M. Aboul-Einein; M. N. El-Bolkainy

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1983
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 279 KB
• Volume: 52
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0008-543X
• DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19830915)52:6<1129::aid-cncr2820520635>3.0.co;2-w

✦ Synopsis

A consecutive group of 242 children with Hodgkin's disease attending the National Cancer Institute, Cairo during the years 1975-1980 were studied. Males predominated representing 76.85% of cases. Age distribution was similar to other African countries with an earlier presentation than the US. The most common histopathologic types was the mixed cellularity 60.74% of patients. Late Stages I11 and IV represented 63.22%-with a high tumor burden. Celiotomy in 154 cases detected more tissue involvement than clinical assessment. Its results coincided with lymphography in 68% of the cases. It showed 7 cases with schistosomal hepatic fibrosis. As schistosomal infestation is still prevalent in rural areas of Egypt, celiotomy seems mandatory in the cases studied to accomplish proper staging.